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ABSTRACT. Television has become the most influential mass media in Indonesia because of its ability to reach large numbers of audiences and deliver messages simultaneously. Through the mass media, they persuade through political messages conveyed to the public. For the public the media not only functions as an ordinary source of information, but also in the context of political momentum, both related to practical politics and those that are discourse or enlightenment, can be a reference for information. So researchers are interested in knowing whether the television mass media with the news is still biased to form the perception of the viewer. The research examines the relationship between government reporting on television, the Transmedia CNN Indonesia Bureau of West Java. The method used by researchers is quantitative research methods, with a correlational study approach. The researcher has the aim to find out whether there is a relationship between the reporting of the Transmedia CNN Indonesia Bureau of West Java related to infrastructure on student political perceptions, in the middle of the internet era. From the results of the study, there is a relationship between government reporting with indicators of prominence, and presenting news with political perceptions, with indicators of formation of perception, memory, and knowledge of politics. With agenda setting theory, and cultivation theory for perception, there is a relationship between government reporting on infrastructure, and the political perception of Pasundan University HI Department 2016 students. Keywords: television, mass media, news, politics, perception